Should We Stay Positive About Lebanon?

Two months ago, I was interviewed by my friend and esteemed Journalist Youmna Nawfal as part of her new series "A Positive Majority" that is aimed at promoting a positive Lebanon and shedding the light on those who are working on showing a positive side of Lebanon. I know this is a very clichĂ© topic and that most people think that I'm delusional when I mention anything positive about Lebanon but that's the only way…

7 Electricity Issues You Only Face In Lebanon

Ever since I moved to my new house a year ago, I've been struggling non-stop with the electricity and I hate to say that, but it doesn't look like there's a legal way to fix all these issues. I've been trying for months to figure out a way to finalize legal papers between the real estate company and EDL to have our own circuit breaker , since we are using the main construction site one…
Critiques

Why I Will Never Get A Housekeeper Under The Kafala System In Lebanon

10 years ago
via Now A woman is beaten to death by her maid in front of her child, a family maid kills a 4-year old child, an Ethiopian maid survives apparent 4-story suicide, a maid commits suicide ...
Lebanon

Did You Like Mashrou3 Leila’s New Album?

10 years ago
I was never really a Mashrou3 Leila fan but I always appreciated and encouraged their satirical and daring take on problems associated with life in Beirut, mainly sex and gay rights. Mashrou’ Leila is out ...
Critiques

Lebanese React To An Old Man Marrying a 12 Year Old Girl

10 years ago
Child marriage is still a huge problem in Lebanon and is simply wrong. There are no official stats on child marriage in Lebanon but girls are generally more impacted than boys. These girls are not ...
Lebanon

16 Lebanese Army Soldiers Released By Al Nusra Front, 9 Are Still ISIS Captives

10 years ago
Via Al Jazeera Sixteen Lebanese soldiers were released today by Al-Nusra Front after a year and a half in captivity. The soldiers were freed in exchange for 13 prisoners and 5 women, including Saja al ...
Critiques

Europe’s Refugee Crisis In Comparison To Lebanon

10 years ago
We have 1.5 million refugees in a country of 4 million people. That’s the equivalent of: – Germany hosting 20 million refugees. – America hosting 80 million refugees. We are all aware of the situation ...
Critiques

Did You Like YouStink’s Furn el Chebbak FlashMob?

10 years ago
A young pregnant woman was shopping in Furn el Chebbak, her water broke, people rush to help her out and she ends up giving birth to a …. garbage bag. The act was well executed ...
Humor

Joumblatt’s Post Won The Internet Yesterday

10 years ago
I laughed so hard at Joumblatt’s “Jean-Blat Van Damme” tweet yesterday and at his tweets last week following Russia’s drills in the Mediterranean that took Lebanon by surprise. Nevertheless, I keep asking myself every time ...
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Men-Only Parking In Lebanon

10 years ago
A spot-on ad by Lowe Pimo for ABAAD NGO. Lebanon has 0 female ministers in the current government and four out of the 128 MPs are women only. We need to see more Lebanese women ...
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